Comic Remake

[WiskeyFoxtrot]

Before I go and make the whole comic, I wanted to know which is style is better panel 1 or 2 [never mind the text me and my staff members are working on it.]

 

[Dedrick]

The second one gives it a comic book look and feel.

 

[Robo 117]

2nd one

 

[DanBakerOnline]

No, the second one DOESN'T give the screenshot a comic book look and feel. It looks like a Photoshop filter. In fact, it looks like the exact same filter that every single other screengrab-based comic uses, which means this comic will be neither innovative nor unique. It'll just blend into the sea of other peoples' comics.

While I am usually a major proponent of hand-drawn comics, my advice would be this: If you're making a comic derived from screen captures, let it be that. Use your raw screens. Don't run filters over it that distort the image, in an attempt to "fool" your readership into thinking you somehow did more handwork than simply clicking on "Filter>Artistic>Fresco."

Instead, use filters and touch-up tools to ENHANCE your image. Change the lighting and mood. Denote speed and weight. Even add non-Halo elements to support your story. Halo 3 has a great capture technology, allowing you to photograph its extensively textured in-game models. They're beautifully done- use them! In the end, use Halo 3 as it is, and find a UNIQUE way to make your comic stand out in the crowd.

As we see more and more Halo 3-based comics pop up, the entire genre is going to slip into the same place that Halo 2 machinma did: the market was so saturated by so much of the same old stuff that nobody bothered to watch 99% of it by the last few years. As a graphic designer and marketing specialist, trust me on this. If you want a special comic, you have to make it stand out. And making it look exactly like everyone else's comics is not the way to do this.

 

[Spartanspork]

second ftw

 

[rowan]

even if its just a filter, it looks more comic-ish and better in my opinion.

 

[xalener]

I agree with the wall of text.
The ones thet say the second one is better need to get out more.

 

[volkov]

regardless, if he's just looking to make a comic remake, that doesn't neccesarily mean use a comic book style, Halo 3 has awesome graphics, take advantage of them IMO, no reason to make it look like a drawn comic-book.

 

[damasterchief]

you should make two comics one normal one like the 2nd one

 

[AoBfrost]

I see you use filter>Poster board edges on max....

I toned it down a bit

 

[damasterchief]

wow frost comic thigy looks awsome...

 

[Chazodude]

yes use Frosts way--------> best

 

[AoBfrost]

Less noise, comic-y look, less random black dots everywhere.

 

[WiskeyFoxtrot]

ok good but i hav 2 find it cuz i dont have photo shop, i have paint .net

 

[AoBfrost]

Whatever you are using to make them look that way, just turn the settings down lower.

 

[WiskeyFoxtrot]

so sumthin like this, compare to number 2

 

[innerrayg]

DanBaker's right. Anything that's a one click filter is not going to look good. If you want a succesful comic, you're going to have to work at it. Frankly, I think you should be more worried about making acceptable speech bubbles than I would the image behind it.

 

[WiskeyFoxtrot]

i know what you sayin bout the bubbles, but those last pics are not one clicks i mixed them up with others and made different adjustments

 

[WiskeyFoxtrot]

hey can i get some help on the onimonpea's or action fonts like boom, CRAAASH and grr. u know that sort of thing

 

[DanBakerOnline]

Okay guys, I'm gonna show you how it's done. Since I have apparently not posted enough to make a thread anywhere but the noob section (even though I've been around here for over a year), I'll drop this bomb here.

As you know, I'm more a fan of classically produced comics, not so much on the screengrabs. I've offered up advice to the various artists who have posted, and now I'm going to show you that the proof is in the pudding.

In case anyone missed my headline on HBO today, my website is officially live, and so is my Halo comic. I was so sick of waiting and trying to figure out what the heck Halo: Uprising is even about, that I'm giving us what I know we all really want- a comic about HALO (was that too much to ask?).

I've been a serious student of comic book design for a long time, and this is done in the classic style. That is- hand drawn pencils, inked, scanned and painted in Photoshop on a Wacom, lettered and laid out in InDesign. I'm also gonna offer it two ways: an online version that I'll release frame by frame (nearly every day for a bit until I catch up with myself), and a downloadable PDF of the print layout as the pages are finished.

Check it out at http://www.bakercraft.net/dan/halo_comic/h...comic_index.htm

~Dan